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Microsoft may restrict its workers' PC rights
Date: 05/24/06
Keywords: software
It's considering cutting admin rights on internal desktops, meaning employees wouldn't be able to install any software they like.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6075898.html
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British police to develop national video ID system
Date: 05/23/06
Keywords: no keywords
Facial recognition to automatically identify images of wanted criminals, according to police business plan.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6075464.html
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IM worm installs 'safe' Web browser
Date: 05/23/06
Keywords: browser, web
New worm installs a rogue Web browser and hijacks the Internet Explorer home page on infected PCs.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6075401.html
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Veterans' data swiped in theft
Date: 05/23/06
Keywords: security
Personal information including Social Security numbers is taken during robbery of government employee's home.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6075212.html
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Collision course for Symantec and Microsoft
Date: 05/22/06
Keywords: microsoft
Its lawsuit against Microsoft could put the brakes on Vista as competition between the companies heats up.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6075053.html
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Counting the cost of counterfeiting
Date: 05/22/06
Keywords: software, microsoft
Microsoft antipiracy exec says the company would rather educate than punish users of pirated software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6074831.html
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University server in hackers' hands for a year
Date: 05/22/06
Keywords: no keywords
Intruders go undetected on three servers containing student data at Ohio University for unprecedented amount of time.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6074739.html
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Skype bug may expose user data
Date: 05/20/06
Keywords: software
Update to Internet telephony software is available to prevent possible attacks that could expose user data, Skype says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6074640.html
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Zero-day Word flaw used in attack
Date: 05/19/06
Keywords: microsoft
Symantec warns of unpatched hole in Microsoft Word that was used in a bid to compromise Japanese government PCs.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6074403.html
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Source: State Dept. to limit Chinese computer use
Date: 05/19/06
Keywords: no keywords
Equipment purchased from Lenovo Group will not be used for classified information, aide to congressman says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6074207.html
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Online gamblers targeted by scams
Date: 05/18/06
Keywords: no keywords
Through hidden rootkits and Trojan horses, hackers attempt to use casinos' popularity to steal from poker players.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073880.html
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Microsoft buys VPN specialist
Date: 05/18/06
Keywords: software, web
Whale Communications' tech to broaden software giant's expertise in secure remote access, Web app firewalls.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073726.html
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British legislation to enforce encryption key disclosure
Date: 05/18/06
Keywords: no keywords
Part of act would give police power to force businesses, individuals to hand over the keys in criminal investigations.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073654.html
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Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer
Date: 05/18/06
Keywords: spam
Eran Reshef, who asked people to bury spammers simply by replying to spam e-mails, falls victim to mass online attack.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073625.html
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Judge denies AT&T request for closed hearing
Date: 05/17/06
Keywords: no keywords
Company's trade secrets, he says, can be protected in opening hearing in lawsuit alleging AT&T illegally cooperated with NSA.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073480.html
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Symantec, McAfee join effort to trap pirates on eBay
Date: 05/17/06
Keywords: software, security, virus, antivirus
Antivirus giants launch initiative with legal action against group selling illegal versions of their security software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073382.html
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News sites fight to keep spying hearing open
Date: 05/17/06
Keywords: no keywords
CNET Networks and others say a hearing about AT&T's alleged cooperation in a spying program should remain public.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073213.html
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Telecoms deny illegally handing over call records
Date: 05/17/06
Keywords: security
Three biggest phone companies in U.S. say they never improperly provided call records to National Security Agency.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6073179.html
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Keylogger spying at work on the rise, survey says
Date: 05/16/06
Keywords: software, virus, antivirus, spyware
Companies may have the best antivirus, anti-spyware and firewall software, but that hasn't stopped rise in spyware.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6072948.html
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Credit card security rules to get update
Date: 05/16/06
Keywords: software
New rules for credit card-accepting businesses will put more scrutiny on software, but let them off the hook on encryption.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6072594.html